What does Kawai mean in Hawaiian?
Kawai is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the water. The name comes from ka (the) + wai (fresh water). It is pronounced kah-WYE, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kawai belongs with other Hawaiian names about water.
The words inside Kawai
wai means fresh water and appears in 9 Hawaiian names, among them Wailani, Kawailani, Waiola, Kawaiola.
How to pronounce Kawai
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kawai are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kawai a boy or girl name?
Kawai is listed here as unisex. Of the 105 U.S. babies given it, 5% were girls and 95% boys.
How often Kawai is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 105 U.S. babies named Kawai from 2008 to 2023 (5 girls, 100 boys). It appears in 11 of those 16 years. Its peak was 2020, with 16. The 2014 to 2023 total of 100 is more than in all earlier years combined. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is Kawai?
Kawai has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.